Hi Mamas! I've been happily BFing my DD for 13 months now. It seems only within the last couple of weeks, my right nipple started getting ultra sensitive and is now excruciating every time I BF! We usually BF on the right side so I'm not surprised to have the issue only be on that side, but we still do use the left side at least once a day and with no pain... (It hurts even to wear my bra anymore)
I've checked with books and different forums to match symptoms, but I can't seem to find anything that checks out. At first I thought for sure I had Thrush because it felt like my DD had "broken glass" for teeth, and was chomping away every time I BF her. But I haven't been on antibiotics since before I was pregnant with her, and I thought Thrush would effect both sides.
I've been washing my bra in HOT water and rinsing with a vinegar solution, boiling all her pacifiers, using warm/hot compresses, and washing everything I can with hot hot water.
I'm just not sure what is going on, since the pain is just in one breast. I suppose it could be a plugged duct, but there is no reddened skin, and I don't feel a lump....
I've been trying to consciously get DD to BF longer to empty my breast completely. Sometimes it makes the pain go away, sometimes its just as bad. It depends on her position I guess.
I'm just not sure what I should do besides just going to a Doctor?? I've come to the end of my rope, and I need help!
I've checked with books and different forums to match symptoms, but I can't seem to find anything that checks out. At first I thought for sure I had Thrush because it felt like my DD had "broken glass" for teeth, and was chomping away every time I BF her. But I haven't been on antibiotics since before I was pregnant with her, and I thought Thrush would effect both sides.
I've been washing my bra in HOT water and rinsing with a vinegar solution, boiling all her pacifiers, using warm/hot compresses, and washing everything I can with hot hot water.
I'm just not sure what is going on, since the pain is just in one breast. I suppose it could be a plugged duct, but there is no reddened skin, and I don't feel a lump....
I've been trying to consciously get DD to BF longer to empty my breast completely. Sometimes it makes the pain go away, sometimes its just as bad. It depends on her position I guess.
I'm just not sure what I should do besides just going to a Doctor?? I've come to the end of my rope, and I need help!
